Kambakkht Ishq that is expected to do big as assured by its makers, however, had a star studded press meet attended by celebrities like Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and no doubt big and tall Akshay Kumar was also at the meet to promote the movie. According to Kareena Kapoor, ‘Kambakkht Ishq’ is a “power-packed film which is going to rock today and tomorrow”. However in meantime, watch some pictures from the press conference.
How far could a producer go in taking care of the wishes of the leading lady of his film? Well, he could at least gift a new mobile phone. This is exactly what producer Ajay Devgan has done for Bipasha Basu who has just finished shooting for Ajay Devgan’s comedy ‘All The Best’ in Goa this week.
Bipasha had worked really hard with most sincere efforts for Ajay’s film. She not only worked late at night and early in the mornings, she also kept the phone switched off during the shooting thus cutting off from everyone including beau John Abraham who has hurt his legs. Bipasha also agreed to do an additional role in ‘All The Best’ without extra charges. When Ajay came to know that Bips wanted a Blackberry phone, he thought it would be just the right move to show his appreciation for her dedication.
Says the actress, “Yeah, Ajay knew I wanted it. In fact it was he who got me interested in. It is actually a gift in appreciation for working long hours and changing at lightning speed between shots when we had loads of work to finish. Ajay is a fabulous producer and co-star.”
Bipasha is all ga-ga for her new phone and says, “I love it! I’m going totally crazy with it. Though I’ve no numbers on it and am trying to figure it out, I just can’t get enough of it.”
Lux Comedy Honors 2009 results will be announced today on Star Gold. The event has the host Sajid Khan giving the audience a taste of his witty humor. The award for Rising Actor with Comic Excellence will be given to Ranbir Kapoor and Rising Actress with Comic Excellence awarded to Deepika Padukone. Minissha Lamba will present the award to Riteish Deshmukh for Male Performer with Comic Excellence. Kirron Kher gets the award for Female Performer with Comic Excellence. Katrina Kaif receives the Lead Actress with Comic Excellence award and Saif Ali Khan gets it for the Lead Actor with Comic Excellence.
Yanni is the only artist who has had the honors of giving a concert performance in India’s pride Taj Mahal and our Bollywood sex kitten Mallika Sherawat had the pleasure of meeting this talented music group while she was at the Ivy restaurant in Los Angeles with producers of her first American-Indo film “Hisss”. The actress had been there after being invited as a VIP guest to the Kuala Lumpur film festival to present some of the awards.
There she met the legendary multiple Oscar and Grammy winning music producer Ric Wake and world famous New Age composer Yanni. The duo is on a world tour now and will be performing at LA’s Nokia Theatre on June 23 with their current musical tour de force, “Yanni’s Voices”. Mallika was in talks with them to perform in an upcoming special concert in India. The concert may see Mallika doing a snake goddess dance from “Hisss”.
Kangana Ranaut hails from Himachal Pradesh and without any Godfather the gorgeous beauty has been able to carve out a niche in Bollywood on account of some superb performances in movies like ‘Gangster’, ‘Fashion’ and many others. She has been linked to Shekhar Suman’s son Adhyayan with whom she got to spend a lot of time during the shooting of ‘Raaz- They Mystery Continues’. Though the film bombed at the box-office, the two stars got a lot of publicity on account of their romantic linkup.
Recently, this mesmerizing beauty set the ramp afire when she walked the ramp at JW Mariott Hotel in Mumbai where Fashion Designer Rohit Verma’s collection was presented. Check out Kangana looking an out of the earth beauty as she displays Rohit’s creation.
Kareena Kapoor is known for her poise, beauty, elegance and calmness. She has always been friendly and polite with the media, but recently she lost her cool when a journalist raised an undignified question to her at the promotional event of her upcoming film ‘Kambakkth Ishq’.
Kareena was in good mood when the conference began and said to the journalists, “I am open to any kind of film whether it is ‘Jab We Met’, ‘Omkara’, ‘Dev’, ‘Gomaal Returns’ or ‘Kambakkht Ishq’ because all my films are different and if the script and the film demands anything - I am such an actress that I’d do anything for both the script and the film.” However, she also said that she is not prepared to do movies that require her to wear a bikini, as it offends her mother
At this one Punjabi news journalist candidly asked her whether she would go nude for a film. This offended Kareena and raged her so much that she stormed out of the event without uttering a word.
After winning the bronze medal for India at Beijing Olympics, boxer Vijender Singh was very much in news for Bipasha Basu expressing her desire to go for a date with the hunk and later when Vijender shook a leg with the dusky Bong beauty at ‘Nach Baliye’.
Now, this time the boxer has turned to exercising his vocal chords for yet another sexy actress on a reality TV show. The lucky damsel is none other than Mallika Sherawat and Vijender crooned for her at Salman Khan’s ‘Dus Ka Dum’ show which was shot last month.
Recalls Vijender, “She is from my state Haryana, so I sang a local folk song for her when Salman asked me and she couldn’t stop laughing at that. It was fun to interact with her.”
Vijender also said that he was surprised by Salman’s knowledge of Indian boxing.
“I was amazed that Salman knew so much about boxing and our boxers. He was very nice and we cracked a lot of jokes. Contrary to his media image, he came across as a good person,” the impressed boxer said.
Meanwhile, we wonder that after Bipasha and Mallika, who would be the next lucky lady and what would the next gesture from the boxer!!
Celina Jaitley has always been known as a bold, outspoken and daring Bollywood actress who does not hesitate to stand up against anything wrong. So, when her co-star Abhimanyu Singh decided to bag in some publicity at her cost, it was quite expected that the actress flew into a rage and decided to retort back.
Abhimanyu is a newcomer who is acting opposite Celina in a thriller directed by Jagmohan Mundhra and has been giving his excuses and take on his alleged linkup with the actress. He went ahead to give an interview about how upset he was to read about his link-up with Celina.
Celina, on the other hand, feels that the question and topic of this linkup is nothing but the brainchild of Abhimanyu himself who is doing this to get some cheap publicity. An angry Celina said, “”What link-up is he talking about? Who linked him with me except himself? This is the first time I’ve heard about this so-called link-up.”
She adds, “This is a perennial problem. You are nice to a co-star and he decides to repay your kindness by planting cheap stories. Recently, it happened to me when a co-star, who’s a dear friend, whom I don’t want to name, gave out a story about how he ‘manhandled’ me on the sets. I didn’t react because all said and done, he’s a dear friend and a name in his own right. But Abhimanyu is a talented actor and I was just being nice to him as a co-star.”
Celina can barely control her anger and expresses her disappointment saying, “Next time I’ll think twice before being nice to a co-star. But it’s sad to see actors, established or not-so-established using their co-star’s name for publicity. They take advantage of my single status and friendly nature. But do they realize how such sleazy whispers could jeopardize my prospects of finding love?”
She also sent an SMS to Abhimanyu Singh which read, “Abhimanyu, u better stop talking about this so called link up. In the first place there’s no link up, so stop going to the media and crying about things which don’t exist.”
Shamita Shetty made a smashing and promising debut with ‘Mohabbatein’ but soon set into some forgettable roles and even more forgettable item numbers. Although at par with her sister Shilpa Shetty in beauty and talents, Shamita does not seem to be doing very well in the professional front. Gorgeous as she is, she is the cover girl of Maxim this month and one look at this smashing beauty on the glossy sheets of this magazine makes one wonder whether we would actually be able to see this talented beauty rock the screens yet again!
If you were wondering why Ramgopal Verma’s sensational search Antara Mali went into oblivion, you have now an answer to it. The actress was busy in her romance with Che Kurien, the editor of GQ magazine, which has finally culminated in a closely kept secret marriage.
The couple had kept their relationship under so many wraps that not even a single gossip column got a sniff of what was going on between the two. Even the marriage which took place on Friday evening was a hush-hush affair without any flashes or media persons.
Che who has been associated with organizations like Reuters, Time Out Mumbai and The Indian Express, prior to him joining GQ has reportedly flown off with his gorgeous lady love to an undisclosed destination for honeymoon.
Though any attention or interference is obviously unwanted by the couple, still our best wishes will always be with them.
Despite the absence of many top Bollywood stars, the IIFA 2009(International Indian Film Academy) pulled off as a gala event amidst much glamour and glitter. It was a special event for the host Amitabh Bachchan as his wax statue from Madame Tassauds has been unveiled at this ceremony and was displayed there till June 13 after which it was sent back to London.
An overwhelmed Big B said, “I am very happy and I thank Madame Tussauds for considering me worthy of a wax statue. I hope many more from India fraternity join me in the museum.”
Daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai said, “The statue is nice but you can’t beat the original.”
The fashion extravaganza held at Venetian Hotel on June 12 was hosted by celebrity duo Zayed Khan and Sophie Choudhary, who appeared in Manav Gangwani creations. Many Bollywood stars walked the ramp showcasing creations by leading Indian designers Rocky S, Manav Gangwani, Anamika Khanna and Farah Ali Khan — along with a new collection by Hong Kong designer Chris Chang. Hrithik and wife Suzzane Roshan showcased the jewelary by Farah Ali Khan. Sonam Kapoor carried the stylish evening wear by Anamika Khanna with commendable poise. Bipasha Basu appeared in a creation by Rocky S, while Dia Mirza, Dino Morea and Madhavan modeled for Manav Gangwani, and Neil Nitin Mukesh and Mugdha Godse were show-stoppers for Siyaram. As an icing to the cake was the performance by international singing sensation Peter Andre.
The event also saw performance by the host family members Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan. Inspite of the absence of beau John Abraham, Bipasha Basu gave a dazzling performance. Nonetheless, IIFA, this year, missed many key players including SRK, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Ajay Devgan, and Rani Mukherji to list a few.
Aishwarya is displaying exceptional beauty being on the cover of Verve India June 2009. Dressed in deep red costume, her eyes are saying all for her with glamour pose that she is in on the cover. She once again proved that she is a statement unto herself.
